Perry White - Heroes, Villains, Bunglers and Profiteers: Superman's Damages lyrics

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Perry White - Heroes, Villains, Bunglers and Profiteers: Superman's Damages lyrics

As we look back on the attack by the forces of General Zod last weekend, the human cost of the invasion is becoming apparent. The toll is truly horrific: 129 thousand known k**ed, nearly a million injured, and over a quarter of a million still missing. While some hope remains that there are survivors under the debris, as the hours have turned in to days those hopes are fading. Fortunately the Daily Planet Building suffered only superficial damage, but like most Big Apricot families we too lost more than we could afford. We join with those in mourning, and pray for those who were lost. We especially mourn the heroes of our local police, fire, and emergency services, who rushed towards the scene of the disaster as others fled in fear. Disasters can bring out the best in human nature, but also uncover the worst. The financial toll is equally enormous, and it is here the darker side is unfortunately revealed. The dust from collapsing buildings had not settled before LexCorp's infamous Kinetic Assessment Cartel (KAC) were spreading across the city, calculators in hand, tallying the damage and, no doubt, getting a jump on their potential competitors for lucrative post-apocalypse recovery contracts. KAC's initial estimate of over $750 Billion in direct physical damage is truly astronomical, and probably correct, but not as astronomical as the profits these vultures hope to reap from the city's misfortune. Of course the city must be rebuilt, but we must say we are disappointed in Mayor Berkowitz for giving LexCorp a sole source contract for this vital task. We suspect the Mayor will regret this contract at some point. With billions more in cleanup, economic impact, and other costs the total will easily be in the trillions of dollars. Finally, while we honor the bravery and dedication of our Armed Forces, especially the sacrifice of Col. Hardy in destroying the World Engine, we would be remiss if we did not point out that our military was initially not only ineffective, but the source of considerable unnecessary damage. An a**essment of the Battle of Smallville by Dr. Edward Johnson of the University of Metropolis has shown that fully 87% of the damage to Smallville was caused by friendly fire, with billions of dollars of aircraft, satellites, and other hardware lost during the ensuing conflict. Again, we do not fault the courageous airman and soldiers who valiantly fought alien invaders possessed of superhuman strength and vastly superior technology, but our leaders showed failures of judgment and management that will require serious review. And what of the so-called “Superman”? First, our government cowardly turned him over to the enemy, then worked with him to repel the forces of General Zod from his adoptive yet ungrateful home. The question of how our “intelligence” community with their multi-billion dollar budgets and intrusive, probably unconstitutional monitoring could fail to note an alien living among us when a single reporter, our own award winning Lois Lane, was able to find him using little more than hard work and a notepad is an embarra**ment to those agencies, one that cries out for a Congressional Inquiry. The amateurish attempt to follow our new found hero (dare we say, superhero) at the cost of a multi-million dollar drone was simply absurd. General Swanwick should be ashamed of himself for ordering it –did not the Man of Steel earn our trust? This early a**essment may sound harsh. There is always a tendency to “rally around the flag” after catastrophes, but our job as journalists is to report to you our readers the truth as we see it. This means an honest review of recent events. We owe it to those who were lost to honestly a**ess the damage, monitor the recovery process, acknowledge the heroes, expose the true villains, and ensure our beloved City of Metropolis recovers as quickly as possible.